Thirty Pupil Graduates From Normal Training School
Thirty pupils graduated from the Normal Training School with Rev. Bennett delivering the commencement address. The class included Manetha Brown Lenora Carney Leona Carney Beatrice Christman Martin Connelley Jay Cosgrove Ethel Crowley Marion Davis Allen Dansie Bernice Downing Harry Ettinger Kenyon Farmer Ella Free Hileen Kennedy Grace Little Orlando Leinenweber Nellie Little Doris Morrison Ralph McFadden William Nelson Ernest Nelson Hiram Olson Wmerson Slack Andrew Smith Herbert Tritt and others. The Highth Grade World was published with Emerson Shick as editor in chief. The issue includes reports on boy trappers, war work pledges, and wage earnings from the Dillon Public School work program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Bennett
St. James Episcopal Church
Manetha Brown
Lenora Carney
Leona Carney
Beatrice Christman
Martin Connelley
Jay Cosgrove
Ethel Crowley
Marion Davis
Allen Dansie
Bernice Downing
Harry Ettinger
Kenyon Farmer
Ella Free
Hileen Kennedy
Grace Little
Orlando Leinenweber
Nellie Little
Doris Morrison
Ralph McFadden
William Nelson
Ernest Nelson
Hmlcanora Olsen
Wmerson Slack
Andrew Smith
Herbert Tritt
Inest
Sorenson
Alice ‘Taylor
Edwin Whitworth
Henry Newcomb
Hubert Yeaman
Nenana
Dillon
Beaverhead Valley
Philip Orr
Birch Creek
Bob Kohl
Noel Jackson
Nelson & Sorenson
Sorenson & Carrigan
Cushing & Sprinkle
Nelson Bros
Ernest Sorenson
Epb Rash
Barfoot & Peterson
Glenn Peterson
Klein & Cottrell
Kermit Klein
Henry Wilcomb
Victory Boys
United War Work Campaign
Beaverhead County
Dillon Training School
Wisdom
Lima
Armstead
Hansen
Willow
View
Blacktail No
Beck
Sutherland
Russell
Fipex
Pearl I. Smith
Beaverhead Horses Expected at February Auction
Twelve carloads of horses have been shipped from Beaverhead county toward Idaho and Montana this month as Dillon stockyards prepare for a February sale. Buyers seek heavy plow horses in good condition, with high prices for fit animals. George Ditty urges farmers to keep small and thin horses home ahead of the 27th and 28th auction dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Montana
Dillon Stockyards Company
George Ditty
Man Confesses Crime In Odd Postcard From Denmark
A well known local sheepman received a postcard from a man living in the old country confessing the killing of a sheep. The writer, now in Denmark, asks for forgiveness, offers to repay the sheep’s value, and wishes a Happy New Year while requesting a prompt reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Country
Danmark
Grace of God
Jesus Christ
Warwick Players Please With Fine College Recital
The Warwick Mate Guartette delighted a sizable audience Thursday evening at the Normal auditorium with a well arranged repertoire of songs and musical numbers. The program drew hearty applause and marked the second entertainment of the year at the college.
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Warwick Mate Guartette
Tyree Visits Dillon as Former Educator and Industrialist
Tyree arrives from New York City and stays at the Hotel Andrus in Dillon. He is a longtime educational figure here, having led Dillon high school and organized Beaverhead county high school. He later pursued insurance, mining, and now manufacturing interests.
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Hiram. Tyree
Dillon
New York City
Andrus
Redmen Ball Sets Attendance Record at City Hall
The annual Redmen dance drew over six hundred attendees at city hall last Wednesday. Baxter-Tonney orchestra provided music as patriotic red white and blue banners and allied flags decorated the hall. The seventh Lincoln Day affair surpassed all prior Redmen balls in success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Baxter-Tonney
Hopp Ranch Sold to Riley Rice in Beaverhead Valley
Frank Hazelbaker closed a deal selling the Hopp ranch, a 2100 acre Beaverhead unit in the valley, to Riley Rice of Cottonwood Idaho. The property is highly improved with a first class water right. Purchase price not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hazelbaker
Hopp
Beaverhead Ranch
Riley Rice
Cottonwood
Idaho
Beaverhead Valley
Musical Recital by Gregory Pupils Scheduled at Normal
The recital postponed due to illness will be held at the normal training school auditorium on the evening of March 4. Students directed by L A Gregory were to perform a month ago before the postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A.gregory
Monroe resigns as president of Montana Normal College
Dr. Joseph I. Monroe, president of the Montana State Normal College in Dillon, announced his resignation last Saturday. He requests release by March 1 or no later than March 21, plans to remain in Dillon through fall, and cites desire to pursue new goals under a changing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Monroe
Beaverhead County
Joseph I. Monroe
Normal College
Montana State Normal College
Stewart
State Board of Education
Normal
Examiner
Free Milk Drive Aims To Help French Orphans
The Beaverhead county campaign in Dillon collects coins for milk to aid French war orphans. Placards in business windows promote the slogan Give That Others May Live. The Shakespeare club leads the drive with Mrs. M A Walker as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dillon
Shakespeare Club
Mra. M. A. Walker
Dillon Gun Club Shoots at Dillmont Park
Sunday report from the Dillon Rod and Gun club details a single and double shoot at Dillmont Park with top scores led by Schultz and Sugg at 24 in singles and 23 in doubles. Invitations for a Danish themed dance and banquet were announced for Saturday at the Dart hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rod & Gun Club
Dillmont Park
Graeter
Schultg .W
Geo. Dart
Ogelvie
Magnus
Memick
Gimble
Fred Dart
Stevens
Brundage
Sugg On
Hartwig
Forrester
Oberem
Keller
Schults
Sugg
Gtaccor Ooo
George Dart
ORV
Dart Hall
Art Gruchay
Tug Judy
Poindexter & Orr
Centennial Valley
Redmen
Beaverhead Ranch Co Leads in Hiring for Returned Soldiers
Tom Dubois, manager, states Beaverhead Ranch of Dillon will give preference to men who left to serve in the U S Army. No enemy aliens will be employed at any time. The outfit employs hundreds yearly and calls on other ranches to hire returned soldiers to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dubois
Beaverhead Ranch Company
Dillon
United States
Stiles on Way Home From France Arrives in New York
Harry Stiles of the 20th engineers arrived in New York from France and will be en route to Dillon. He was employed at Beaverhead Lumber at enlistment, with his job awaiting him upon return. John Waters, a Navy member at San Diego, is expected home by March first to resume duties with the same company, accompanied by his wife Lucy Klugo of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiles
Gimble
Harry Stiles
New York
France
Dillon
20Th Engineers
Beaverhead Lumber Company
John Waters
Navy
San Diego
Maren 1
Waters
Lucy Klugo
Son Discharged From Camp Lee Heads Home to Dillon
Mr and Mrs Matt Orr receive word that their son Edison has been discharged from training at Camp Lee and will soon arrive in Dillon after months of service and training there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Orr
Dison
Dillon
Tie
Camp Lee
Resumed Duties at Montana Mercantile After Navy Discharge
Old Jobred Chap man reenlists at war start, discharged from the navy recently and returns to work as a clerk at the Montana Mercantile company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Montana Mercantile Company
Price family travels to Mayo Clinic for meningitis child
Mrs Trani Price left Saturday afternoon for Rochester Minnesota with her three year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Price. The child has suffered spinal meningitis since infancy and will be treated by the Mayo Brothers. Miss May Price accompanied them to Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Trani Price
Minn
Carl Price
Mayo Brothers
Miss May Price
Butte
Dillon Militia Captain Visits from Idaho
Joe Young, formerly a freight agent, stopped in Dillon Sunday afternoon en route from Pocatello to Tutte for a district Rotary conference. He now runs a wholesale business in Idaho with extensive interests and previously served as Dillon militia captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Joe Young
Pocatello
Tutte
Rotary Clubs
Young
Idaho
Beginners class starts at Normal training school
A beginners class at the Normal training school began Monday morning under Miss Mary Innes with several applicants. Meanwhile the sheriff reports no arrests in February, contrasting with eleven arrests in February last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clase
Mary Innes
Sheriff's Office
Schools Inspector Sutherland Surveys Big Hole Basin
Miss Elizabeth Sutherland county superintendent of schools spends this week inspecting the schools of the Big Hole basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sutherland
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead Senator Featherly and Finsley Visit Dillon
Senator George R. Featherly from Beaverhead and J. B. Finsley spent the weekend in Dillon arriving from the capital city last Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Featherly
Beaverhead
J. B. Finsley
Dillon
Bax ter Tonney Orchestra Heads to Twin Bridges Dance
The Bax ter Tonney orchestra will perform at Page hall in Twin Bridges next Friday evening. Dillonites anticipate a popular local hop drawing many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Bridges
Baxter-Tonney
Page Hall
Dillon Lawyer Discharged and Enrolled in Columbia Course
T E Gilbert a Dillon lawyer reports his discharge from service and arrival in New York City with Mrs Gilbert. He is pursuing a postgraduate course at Columbia University and plans to stay in New York until early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
T.E. Gilbert
Dillon
New York City
Columbia University
Scott Leavitt Visits Dillon in Soldier Hire Talk
Federal employment director Scott Leavitt spoke at Dillon City Hall to an audience of employers and returning soldiers. He warned of I W W and Bolshevik elements causing labor disruption in Butte and across Montana and urged firms to hire more returned veterans despite costs.
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Scott Leavitt
Great Falls
Local Service Commission
Frank Hifel
Leavitt
Dillon
Leonard Pearn
Butte
Dillon Service Commission
New Semester Begins at High School With Enrollment Rise
The high school opened the new semester yesterday with 22 more students, raising yearly enrollment to nearly 180 the largest in school history. New staff include Mrs A L Anderson heading girls' vocations and first year English, Mack returning from artillery service to lead mathematics and boys' vocations. Principal Toan resigns to pursue YMC A work in France, Mrs Willis to finish term, and R L Wunt of Glendive elected next fall as principal at a $2000 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Anderson
Mack
Newport News
Toan
France
Willis
R. L. Uwunt
Glendive
Court to Convene in Dillon for First Jury Term Since Influenza
The district court will convene in Dillon next Monday morning. On Tuesday morning the jury will report. There are about fifteen criminal cases and many civil cases to be heard. This term is the first since last September due to the influenza epidemic delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Miss Reba Quinn Opens New Millinery Shop in Dillon
Miss Reba Quinn from Coeur d'Alene Idaho arrived last week and opened a millinery establishment in Dillon Monday morning after leasing the building and purchasing the Barek Hat shop fixtures. She will announce her formal opening later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Quinn
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Miss Quinn
Opens Meat Market Opposite City Hall
Low Barfoot opens a meat market in the building opposite city hall. The business was open for the first of last week and is operated as a general meat market under the new owner's management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low Barfoot
Clerk Carrier Examination Set for Dillon Montana Post Office
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a clerk carrier examination in Dillon Montana on March 1919 to establish an eligible register for future vacancies. Applicants aged 18 to 45 may apply for an entrance salary of 1000 dollars per year. blanks and information available from Walter V Grimes local secretary or the Eleventh U S Civil Service district secretary in Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Dillon
Montana
Walter V. Grimes
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Postoffice
U. S. Civil Service District
Postoffice Bidg
Seattle
Washington
Home From France Francis Staudaher Visits Dillon
Francis Staudaher of Anaconda recently returned from active service in France and visited Dillon friends and relatives last week. He brought a fine collection of war trophies and then went to Polson to see his sister Mrs Kaiser before resuming duties as a blacksmith at the Montgomery meat market in Dillon.
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France
Francis Staudaher
Anaconda
Dillon
Staudaker
Polson
Mrs. Kaiser
Blackman
Montgomery
Copper City
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Harry Hmttinger
Warwick
Tyree
Hopp Ranch
Josepi
Josep E. Monroe
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Beaverhead Ranch CO
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